Today, 10 June 2006

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    17 1 TODAY //\S£J]J-\CORP June 10 11, 2006 mica<p» 114/07/2005 share your free newspaper we set you thinking todayonline.com
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    18TH WORLD CUP
    151 1 2.30 AM LATEST: GERMANY 4 COSTA RICA 2 OPENING World Cup matches are often dull affairs, but the first game in Germany proved to be a glorious exception. In the early hours of Saturday morning, hosts Germany and Costa Rica rewarded a global audience of around 1.5
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    Lock icon THE KING OF KINGS
    1197 1  -  RICHARD VALLADARES In his 60-year reign, Thai King Bhumibol has jammed with Louis Armstrong and defused political crises times of political crisis. His word carries far more weight than any law could possibly mandate. The reverence he now commands has grown over the years accorded with
    .THAI GOVERNMENT, AND EPA; p AFP; s AFP  -  1,197 words
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      71 2 PHOTOS COURTESY OF THAI ROYAL BUREAU LIVING FAITH CHURCH www.thelivingfaith.org "I will prOteCt and DIOSS him constantly and surround him with My IOVO; he will be great I because of MG." The Bible, Psalm 89:24 Singapore Marketplace Christian Fellowship Conference Hall DBS Auditorium Level 3, Main Concert Hall Time: 7.30pm
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      Lock icon PARTY FIT FOR A KING
      228 3 ALL 28 of the world's other 28 monarchs have been invited to Bangkok by the Thai government to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the coronation of the Thai King, on June 12 and 13. The monarchs and their representatives are likely to be received by
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      Lock icon BARGING IN ON A RIGHT ROYAL PARTY
      292 3 BANGKOK is great place to party. So, Thailand has invited royalty from all the other 28 monarchies in the world to celebrate the 60th anniversary of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's ascension to the throne. They will come from Bahrain, Brunei, Cambodia, Malaysia, Japan, Jordan,
      EPA  -  292 words
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      Jobless rate doesn't paint the full economic picture
      595 3  -  LEE U-WEN And NTUC's Lim Boon Heng reiterates CPF cuts won't be restored u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THE unemployment rate may have dipped to 3.4 per cent in March this year, but it is not necessarily the best gauge of how the country is progressing
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      SOLVING THE UNEMPLOYMENT PUZZLE
      203 3  -  LEE U WEN EXPLAINING why there was a need for him to set the record straight on the CPF restoration issue, Mr Lim said he consid ered feedback from workers and readers' letters to newspapers. He found that it was common for retrenched older workers, when
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      Lock icon NKF case mystery man sends 17 boxes
      746 4  -  DERRICK A PAULO His papers may help ex-directors who want to rope in the rest derrick@newstoday.com.sg HE IS the mystery man in the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) saga. Few had heard of Mr Pharis Aboobacker until independent auditor KPMG opened NKF's books last
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      Special tours for ***** delegates
      414 4  -  LINYANQIN ya nqinl@newstoday.com.sg FANCY a night tour of Singapore to experience the gastronomic delights of Geylang and Club Street? How about discovering Singapore's cultural heritage on a Peranankanthemed Ethnic Trail tour? Sorry, but only the 16,000 delegates expected here for the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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      Parents of drugs-case doc to sell home
      165 4  -  —TANHUILENG THE parents of a 26-year-old trainee doctor convicted of drug possession last Wednesday is looking to sell their home to pay for their son's fallout with the law. Adrian Yeo was sentenced to eight months' jail and the time spent behind bars
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      Lone bidder for IPC audit tender
      233 4  -  TAN HUI LENG ONLY Ernst Young has responded to the Ministry of Health's (MOH) tender call for a public accounting firm to audit charity organisations under the ministry's purview. The MOH had called for the tender last month to assess the level of corporate
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      Lock icon Behind the infections
      545 6  -  CHEOWXINYI Three polymers, meant to soothe, stopped eye solution from working xinyic@newstoday.com.sg EYE care product-maker Bausch Lomb (B&L) has admitted that the formulation of its ReNu MoistureLoc contact lens solution was likely to blame for the now-global fungal eye infection outbreak. Its findings were first reported in
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      Lock icon Biggest earners in the education sector...
      219 6 -AGENCIES IF YOU are working in a polytechnic or university, your salary is probably three times higher than that of your peers in a language school. This was disclosed in the Department of Statistics survey done last year. It showed that two years ago,
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      Lock icon Money remittance from AXS?
      420 6  -  CHOW PENN NEE pennnee@newstoday.com.sg INSTEAD of walking into a DBS branch to remit money, you may soon be able to do so from an AXS terminal. All you would need to do is key in your bank account number and other information, and debit the sum
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      Getting a kick out of soccer betting
      650 8  -  TOR CHING LI Youth view betting on the sport as cool, but when does it become an addiction? chingli@newstoday.com. sg WITH the World Cup season now on, the spotlight among counsellors has turned to a vulnerable group of gamblers the young. Consider this:
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      What older women really want
      383 8  -  TORCHING LI HEALTH, money and love that's what women want, and need especially in their older years. To help women age successfully in these three areas, the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO) and the Tsao Foundation have jointly set up the Women's Initiative for
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      Lock icon Singapore assesses new cervical cancer vaccine
      382 8 \GENCIES -938UVE A WELCOME TOAST: Of the four gifts Singapore presented to Japan's Emperor Akihrto and Empress Michiko on Friday to commemorate their royal visit, one stood out. Specially commissioned by President S R Nathan, the 18 carat gold brooch is a life-size replica
      \GENCIES; -938UVE; TREVOR TAN  -  382 words
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  • world news
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      Lock icon A terrorist enigma
      1029 10  -  JEFFREY GETTLEMAN NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE news@newstoday.com.sg BAGHDAD Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, the terrorist leader killed on Wednesday in Iraq in an American airstrike, was always something of a phantom to the American military, to the Iraqi people he was supposedly fighting for, and even to
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon M'SIAN FIRM APPEALS AGAINST COURT BAR ON CHERIE BLAIR
        76 10 —AFP Malaysian firm Fawziah Holdings has launched an appeal against a decision to bar Cherie Blair, the wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, from representing it in an important court case. The Malaysian High Court ruled that Mrs Blair cannot
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        Lock icon END OF A ROW: INDONESIA TO SEND AMBASSADOR TO AUSTRALIA
        74 10 -AFP Indonesian ambassador to Australia Hamzah Thayeb is to return to Canberra, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday, effectively ending a diplomatic row between the nations over asylum seekers. He was recalled to Jakarta in March over Australia's decision
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        Lock icon ABDULLAH LUCKY NOT TO HAVE BEEN STRIPPED AND JAILED, SAYS ANWAR
        166 10 ■AFP Malaysia's prime minister, who has been savagely criticised by former leader Mahathir Mohamad, is lucky not to have been stripped and jailed, his one-time deputy Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday. Mr Anwar was sacked and imprisoned in 1998
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      Lock icon Timor's death squad shocker
      473 12 -AFP Foreign Minister RamosHorta calls for probe after reports that the PM wanted his rivals dead DILI Timor Leste Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta has called for an urgent investigation into allegations Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri organised death squads to eliminate his political opponents. Mr Ramos-Horta told
      -AFP; AR AFP PHOTOS  -  473 words
    • this quirky world
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        HOTEL OFFERS BLACKBERRY DETOX
        80 12 Blackßerry addicts have a crack at freedom when they check into the Sheraton Chicago Hotel: The manager will put the communications devices and others like them under lock and key for guests who want a break. General manager Rick Ueno said the programme grew out of
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        Lock icon SIXTY AINT OLD FOR BUSH
        94 12 -AFP United States President George W Bush, who turns 60 on July 6, joked that six decades is "not that old" and blamed his grey hair on his twin daughters'teenage antics. "For you youngsters, I want to tell you something: When I was your age,
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        ENGLISH COPS GO DUTCH
        85 12 British police officers have been forced to learn Dutch because three dogs they have recruited do not respond to English commands. three Avon and Somerset officers travelled to Holland to select the dogs, after struggling to find good quality animals in the United Kingdom. But there
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      Lock icon Japan's next Prime Minister?
      222 12 -AFP TOKYO -Japan's outspoken Foreign Minister Taro Aso, who has riled neighbouring countries with his hawkish comments, announced on Friday his bid to succeed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in September. Mr Aso is the first candidate to publicly throw his hat in the ring but he
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      Lock icon NO WORLD CUP FOR AHMADINEJAD?
      194 12 ■AFP IRAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has committed a crime in denying the Holocaust and should not be allowed into Germany during the World Cup, Ms Charlotte Knobloch, the head of the German Jewish community, said on Friday. Religious leaders in Germany have appealed to the
      ■AFP; AR AFP PHOTOS  -  194 words
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      Iran speeds up uranium enrichment
      201 12 VIENNA Iran accelerated uranium enrichment on the same day that world powers asked it to halt the work and open talks to guarantee it would not make nuclear weapons, the United Nations atomic agency said in a report obtained by AFP. Iran stepped up enrichment
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      SINGAPORESEEN
      103 14 MERLION GOES FOR A CAT WASH: Workers lifting up the "shower curtain" of the Merlion as they prepare the Singapore iconic tourist attraction for a thorough wash from June 5 to July 10. This wifj be the first time that the Singapore Tourism Board is decorating the temporary hoarding
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      The World Cup vs the wife
      758 14  -  Neil Humphreys It's a close contest, but only one can really talk balls MY WIFE knows how to annoy me. If we're having an argument and she wants to raise the stakes, she talks football. And my god, she talks a load of balls.
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      Part of Seletar's heritage could be saved
      237 16  -  TAN CHOON SHIAN Letter from Director, Marketing Communications Dept Economic Development Board Ecor and KELLY WEE Deputy Director, Marketing Communications Dept JTC Corporation WE REFER to the letter "Spare Seletar's soul the bulldozer" (June 2) and the subsequent letters published in response to
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      Other ways to stay competitive?
      523 16  -  ALFRED LIM Retaining CPF cuts burdens employees, is no guarantee companies won't relocate Letter from I REFER to Minister Lim Boon Heng's comments that CPF cuts should not be restored for Singapore's long-term competitiveness. CPF cuts are blunt instruments which the Government has used in
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      Companies can liaise with authorities for special events
      372 18  -  CINDY LIM Letter from Assistant Director (Head) Corporate Communications Ministry of Transport I REFER to Lim Boon Hee's letter "Public transport must keep pace with demand cycles" (June 7). In its approach to ensure that Singapore's transport system supports quality living and
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      Malls don't need licences to run shuttle bus services
      155 18  -  LOOITEIKSOON Letter from Secretary, Public Transport Council I REFER to Lim Boon Hee's letter. The PTC is an independent body that regulates bus services. Bus operators have to comply with service standards set by the PTC, which include operating hours and
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      isay OH BABY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT
      680 18  -  Darren Lai MY WIFE is six months pregnant with our little princess and she has been bugging me to do up the baby's room. But therein lies the problem. Doing up a baby's room is not as simple as it seems, all because
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      395 19 can'tgetridofyouroverweight problems? If you've been tipping the scales, the following would've probably crossed your mind: 1 «\j How can I change my eating habit? I don't seem to be losing those extra pounds! (1 I can't seem to get rid of the cellulite and it's making my thighs look all
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Investors in 'denial' stage
      769 20 -BLOOMBERG They see stock price falls as a tempora A MONTH ago, money managers were sitting atop returns in many stock markets that would have earned them fat bonuses. They are feeling poorer now. On Thursday, Asian shares had their steepest slide in two years, with
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    • marketwatch
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        ST Index — 2,337.44 +40.33
        4 20 ST Index 2,337.44 +40.33
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        World markets
        55 20 I Index Value Change Pis Mikkei 225 *****.84 +117.81 +0.81 Hang Seng USX *****.69 +178.58 4966.00 +58.80 +1.16 +1.20 Faiwan Wtd 6444.63 +112.82 +1.78 <orea Comp 1235.65 +12.52 +1.02 <LCI 915.40 -1.85 -0.20 SET Index 670.41 -5.22 -0.77 Jakarta Comp 1274.75 +33.42 +2.69 Dhils Comp Shenzhen B 2159.50
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        SGX most active
        57 20 By volume Close Change TOO iingTel "HBEV lapitaland jallant lelestial lengxin JTAC Ihina Sun JOL longguo 2.420 +0.060 +2.5 54,31 0.255 25,391 4.200 +0.340 +0.0 24,00! 0.470 +0.050 +11.9 21,92 1.160 +0.000 +7.4 20,541 0.360 +0.035 +10.0 20,201 0.770 +0.020 +2.7 19,40! 0.615 +0.030 +5.1 15,90 1.650
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        SGX top rises
        74 20 BjfyS Close Change |By percentage Close Change IBS 17.100 +0.400 StarHubMBL*****5 0.120 +300. tspCorp 13.300 +0.400 lapitaland 4.200 +0.340 :apitalanSGA***** 1.020 +0.305 IBS Bk 6% NCPS *****.500+0.300 HSCEI5000SGA***** 0.060 +140. CapitalanBNP***** 0.235 +113. Chart8redBB*****6 0.215 +104. BiosensorMBLGOgOG 0.020 +100. law Par 5.950 +0.300 CapitalandBB***** 0.320 +60. IIA200
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        SGX top falls
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        Lock icon Singapore
        141 20 -DOW JONES SHARE prices rose on Friday as a rebound in Asian markets and an oil-price decline prompted bargain hunting following the recent selloff on inflation worries and possible United States rate increases. The ST Index ended up 40.33 points, or 1.8 per cent, at 2,337.44, after a four-day
        -DOW JONES  -  141 words
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 20 US$ 0.6274 UK£ 0.3405 Yen 71.669 HK$ 4.8701 RM 2.3010 Euro 0.4959 Rupiah 5913.4 Baht 24.155 Peso 33.191 AS 0.8464 Indian Rs 28.849 Won 598.21 C$ 0.7048 Yuan 5.0249 NZ$ 1.0031 NT$ 20.393
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        Lock icon Commodities
        22 20 GeM usl/oz 613.80 Silmuss/oz 11.08 PWnui 1,190.10 RMBI cents/kg 440.50 Pita 111 RM/tonrMSB.OO Bmtaaiiiiss/ii:iiii:i 69.06 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided J by
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      Asian markets rebound for the first day in five sessions
      354 20  -  CHRISTIE LOH AFTER a week of bloodshed, stock markets in Asia on Friday clawed back into positive territory. Yet traders and analysts were not jumping for joy, as most expect a resumption of the selloff that has been plaguing the
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    • business news
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        Singapore's recession risks are up, says Citigroup
        270 22  -  AGAINST a recent chorus of optimism from public and private sector economists, pundits from Citigroup have sounded an alarm bell. They said that Singapore's chances of slipping into a recession have jumped to 20 per cent from near-zero in the last quarter, according
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        Sing Tel sets 3-year goal
        372 22  -  VALERIE LAW It aims for top position in the virtual private network space by then valerie@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE Telecommunications wants to displace France Telecom's Equant from its top spot in the AsiaPacific market of Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP-VPN). And the Singapore telco plans to
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        Lock icon Cathay to buy Dragonair
        112 22 BLOOMBERG CATHAY Pacific Airways will pay US$l.5B billion ($2.52 billion) for Hong Kong Dragon Airlines and double its stake in Air China, adding 21 routes in the world's second-largest aviation market Cathay will buy the 82-per-cent stake that it does not own in Dragonair for HK$B.22
        — BLOOMBERG  -  112 words
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        Cheaper flights to Europe?
        175 22  -  CHRISTIE LOH CHEAPER airfares to Europe may be coming your way, as Singapore on Friday sealed an air services pact with the European Union (EU), heralding more flights both ways. The deal, which allows European airlines to fly here from any of the bloc's 25 states,
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        Lock icon SPC finds oil in Indonesia
        176 22 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Petroleum Company (SPC) has found oil at its Jeruk-3 well in East Java, and natural gas and condensate at the Lukah IX in the West Natuna Sea. The company reported that during test drilling, oil flowed from the Jeruk-3 well at a
        — CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  176 words
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        Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
        250 22 -DOW JONES Singapore-based budget carrier Jetstar Asia will break even on a cash basis by early 2009, chief executive Chong Phit Lian said on Friday at a travel agents conference in Bangalore. "We see healthy cash flows from 2008 to 2009 and the break-even will be possible on our
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      Chic that's cheap
      566 24  -  Pearlyn Tham It's a fashion addict's dream when mass retailers and couture designers collude You know what gets me feeling wistful? Thumbing through foreign fashion magazines and seeing the collaborations between midpriced retailers and high-end designers. It's not like I adhere to a high-and-mighty philosophy of never
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    • style
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        LOAN A BAG
        417 25  -  LEE HUI SHAN Can't afford to buy that designer bag? Now you can go online and rent one huisha nl@newstoday.com. sg FLIPPING through fashion magazines and looking at Hollywood celebrities with their It bags sometimes makes me go green with envy. So when a colleague introduced me
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        Welcome to the Lancome house at Ngee Ann City
        266 25 FOR the first time in Singapore, you'll get the opportunity to step into the Lancome House from Paris, also known as the Maison de Lancome. This 2,200 sq ft specially built house will be sited at Ngee Ann City's Civic Plaza
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          LOOK LIKE THE SUN'S GOT YOU
          88 25 Get a radiant, naturally tanned look without going under the sun with Givenchy's Prismissime powder. This limited edition offering from the brand's Tropical Sunset Summer Collection 2006 offers nine summer colours for you to play with. For instance, to give your face a more
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          FLOWER MAGIC
          110 25 The snow-white Tahitian tiare flower and its deep, sweet hypnotic aroma is believed to help relieve migraines and ear aches, some forms of eczema and even help heal wounds. This miraculous flower which is also the national flower of Tahiti is what you get in Origin's new Shedonism
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          SCRATCH NO MORE|
          92 25 To keep irritating mosquitoes away apart from carrying a mosquito coil with you another option is to apply Hansaplast's new insect repellent lotion all over. In a skin-friendly formulation, this is safe for both adults and children and can be applied on both the body and face.
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          BE STYLISHLY SHADED
          76 25 Go out into the sun in style with a classy pair of Prada shades from its Spring/Summer 2006 Sun Collection. Fashionistas can look forward to making a statement with the bold colours in this collection black, tortoiseshell, linen and camel joined by the bolder white, red and
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          LV TAKES A CUE FROM ELVIS
          73 26 Do the multi-coloured suede fringes on Louis Vuitton's new Multicolore Monogram IFranges bags remind you of a superstar icon? Indeed, this collection was inspired by the colourful and flamboyant costumes worn by Elvis Presley, so expect vibrant tassels embellishing the white or black Multicolore
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          EVERY MAN'S FUEL FOR THE FACE
          91 26 When is a name not just a name? When it's one as savvy sounding as Kiehl's Facial Fuel range for men. After all, with such a macho name, the guys will surely gravitate towards this range that now has two new formulas-the Facial Fuel
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          IT'S GREEN TEA TIME
          99 26 Just when the weather is getting hotter these days, along comes the zesty and refreshing Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Revitalise Eau de Toilette Spray. Inspired by the benefits of antioxidant green tea, this fragrance will awaken your senses with its top notes of mandarin, gooseberries and
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          A NEW HUE FOR THE HEELS
          146 26 The next time you're at Raffles City Shopping Centre, you'll have one more destination to satisfy your shoe cravings at. Hue has opened its new flagship store here and you will be able to find designs from the in-house Hue label, priced from a
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        Net a fabulous deal ...
        408 26  - Net a fabulous deal PEARLYN THAM Pea rlyn@newstoday.com.sg WHILE dining at a restaurant one day, Ms A N Tan paid for the bill with one of her credit cards but realised later that she could have enjoyed "a substantial discount" if only she had whipped out another credit card instead.
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        Stamping drugs off the fashion runways
        293 26  -  MAGDALENE LIE ALTHOUGH most student projects help the community by focusing on flag-selling or home visits, a group has added a dash of panache by taking its initiative to the runway and even getting a Minister involved. Guided by their common passion for fashion,
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        599 27  -  LOW SHI PING The owners of Relations believe in offering a wide variety of food options f ood@newstoday.com.sg oul I'M NOT a big fan of fusion food. And I hadn't visited a fusion restaurant for some time, until this assignment landed on my lap. But my meal
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        FOODNOTE
        317 27  -  BERNADETTE CHONG SWENSEN'S REVS UP HOLIDAY FUN Make a pit stop at Swensen's this June holidays! The family restaurant has introduced a special menu for kids based on Cars, the latest film created by Pixar Animation Studios, and released by Walt Disney Pictures. In conjunction with the Cars promotion,
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        319 28 todaywith mosesl i m moseslim@newstoday.com.sg Sauce of inspiration MAN'S cognizance of using fire to cook, and salt to season food has led to the birth of a slew of seasonings and sauces. And our growing awareness of health concerns has prompted the proliferation of a whole new range of "healthy"
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        FATHER'SDAY
        244 28 Wondering where to take Dad this Father's Day? BERNADETTE CHONG offers some suggestions. PHOENIX GARDEN CAFE On June 17 and 18, Phoenix Garden Cafe at Hotel Phoenix will be offering delicioustreatssuch as laksa, braised oxtail in wine sauce and cherry duckling braised in Guinness Stout. If your Dad has
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          KODAK EASYSHARE V610 DIGITAL CAMERA
          132 30 Measuring 4.4x2.2x0.9 inches, the Kodak Easyshare V6lO is said to be the world's smallest 10x optical zoom digital camera. The long zoom range is made possible by the Kodak Retina Dual Lens technology that combines two Schneider-Kreuznach C-Variogon all-glass, non-protruding prism lenses. The 6-megapixel camera's
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          LG FLATRON LI97OHR LCD MONITOR
          86 30 Boasting a contrast ratio of 2,000:1 and a 2ms response time, the LG Flatron LI97OHR is suitable for die-hard gamers who desire fast-motion images with greater image clarity. Said to be the slimmest in its class at 65mm when folded, the 19-inch LCD monitor can
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          CREATIVE DIVI CAM 525D MINI CAMCORDER
          141 30 The DiVi CAM 525 D mini digital camcorder from Creative comes with movie and realtime TV recording functions, a 5-megapixel digital camera, an MP3 player, a voice recorder and a webcam. It can record MPEG-4 movies in 640x480 (VGA) resolution at 30 frames per
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          SHIRO MJ MP3 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER
          87 30 Sporting a 1.5-inch 65K colour display, the Shiro MJ MP3 digital audio player with built-in speaker delivers video and photo playback capabilities in MP3, WMA, WAV, SMV, JPEG and BMP formats. Also included is an FM tuner and recorder and a one-touch voice recording
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        Mirror, mirror talk to me
        508 30  -  TERRY LAU Car rear-view mirror connects to mobile phone via Bluetooth infotech@newstoday.com.sg INCREASINGLY, people are looking at Bluetooth devices as a way to conduct hands-free communication while driving. The Skysphere Bluetooth rearview mirror is one of the latest devices to enter the market and it
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        Better viewing with new JVC models
        274 30 JVC has launched two high-definition widescreen liquid crystal display (LCD) television sets, two hard-disk-drive camcorders and a DVD burner. The 32-inch LT-Z32FX6 ($2,999) and the 40-inch LT-Z4OSX6 ($4,499) LCD TVs come with digital image scaling technology in which a high-speed processor controls video output
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        Spiffy toys from Pioneer for home entertainment buffs
        231 31 PIONEER has unveiled a host of stylish entertainment products with advanced audio and visual capabilities to deliver a theatre-like experience in your living room. The four home theatre systems HTZ6S6DVD ($999), HTZSSSDVD ($699), HTZ3S3DVD ($569) and HTZISIDVD ($399) include combinations of tallboy
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        Lithe beauty
        430 31  -  ARIELTAM Chic clamshell aimed at ladies a riel@newstoday.com.sg SAMSUNG has gone minimalist Its latest handset creation the SGH-EB7O is a slim, long and light camera clamshell with a pastel design that is refreshingly simple and uncluttered. The review set we received was a silvery-white model. The maker describes
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        A BRIGHT IDEA
        450 32  -  COLIN YONG colin@newstoday.com.sg PUSHING the button that activates BMW's Night Vision system is like opening the third eye you never knew you had except, in this case, it's real people and animals you'll be seeing. When turned on, Night Vision alerts the driver to objects on the
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        Sylphy smooth: Nissan's mid-range saloon impresses
        443 32  -  -SHELDON TROLLOPE THOSE old enough to remember the original Atari console will recall how the gameplay never quite lived up to the exciting images on the boxes the game cartridges came in. Whenever I come across a big car with a small engine, memories
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        Can't get no satisfaction? All you need is a Japanese car ...
        211 32  - Can't get no satisfaction? All you need is a Japanese car COLIN YONG A SURVEY, carried out by respected marketing information services firm JD Power and Associates, shows that on the whole, Japanese cars deliver the most customer satisfaction. The results of the Car Customer Satisfaction Index, which was conducted
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        The future is green
        445 33  -  SHELDON TROLLOPE Michelin's annual sustainable mobility expo returns to Paris IN PARIS news@newstoday.com.sg THIS weekend, the world's most environ-mentally-friendly vehicles will meet at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris to show the world that the future of motoring is green. They will be participating
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          FOR A PRIVILEGED FEW ...
          177 33 FOR A PRIVILEGED FEW Local Lamborghini distributor Euro Sports Auto has confirmed that the limited-edition Gallardo Privilegio will go on sale here by the end of this year. Only 150 of the cars will be built for sale worldwide, so they are likely to become highly-prized collector's items. The Privilegio
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          WHY CHILD SEATS ARE BETTER ...
          141 33  - WHY CHILD SEATS ARE BETTER COLIN YONG Children between two and six years of age have a greater chance of surviving a car accident if they are secured in a child seat rather than strapped in with a seat belt, a new American study has found. The results of the
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        i is coming to Singapore soon
        229 33  -  COLIN YONG CYCLE Carriage Automotive, the distributor for Mitsubishi cars in Singapore, has revealed that the radical i minicar will go on sale here in mid-July. The i was initially slated for an April launch. But overwhelming demand for the car in Japan meant
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        Welcome to the Nexus
        529 34  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA Demand reflects a growing market for high-end homes shobha@newstoday.com.sg IF NUMBERS tell a tale, then the response to the launch of Wing Tai's long-awaited Nexus condominium in BukitTimah shows that pent-up demand for quality homes in the area is on the rise. About 1,000 potential
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        Prestige costs millions
        432 34  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA DEMAND for high-class homes remains unabated. While City Developments Ltd's St Regis Residences tops the sales charts in terms of pace, price and prestige (see "St Regis posts record sales for luxury residences"). Several other developers, too, have seen their high-end residential projects perform scintillatingly.
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        The new name in modern living
        137 34 CITY Developments Ltd has officially launched the freehold development Residences Evelyn. Two 33-storey residential blocks at Evelyn Road, just off Newton Road, have 208 apartments and penthouses. The size of two-bedroom units range from 1,033 sq ft to 1,141 sq ft; three-bedroom units from
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        St Regis posts record sales for luxury residences
        304 34  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA SINCE its high-profile launch just over a week ago, St Regis Residences has sold 58 per cent of its sumptuous apartments a record for a luxury project here. Foreigners comprise 65 per cent of the buyers of these superluxury apartments,
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      244 35 world often begins at home. With its breathtaking views and enthralling design, a boutique home at Vertis will let you see things in a whole new light. An ideal address that boasts an exemplary location away from the crowd, intimate set-up and exquisite design, Vertis stands proudly in a class
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      1276 36  -  Zul Othman ASIDE from being the centre for ethnicallythemed knick-knacks and gastronomicallypleasing delights, the last thing Little India specifically the areas surrounding the Dunlop Street and Perak Street is known for as a hotspot for some furious partying. That is, until now. Best known as a
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        270 37  -  —AMELYNN LIONG THE happy quotient of backpackers' hostelowners in the area could not be higher. According to Malcolm Davies, owner of Prince of Wales Pub (POW), an establishment that also has a hostel on the second level, the area is a popular
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        THE LOCALS LOVE IT, TOO: PRICKLY BUSH
        194 37  -  -AMELYNN LIONG MORE than just a haven for backpackers, Dunlop Street has also been gaining repute for its quiet and cosy chill-out spots. Like the Prickly Bush Bistro, for instance. Run by avid backpacker Faith Ang, the bistro was originally conceived to be
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      Lock icon Spend a day of superheroic fun
      245 39  -  —JULIANA JUNE RASUL BATMAN, Robin and the feisty Wonder Woman come alive this August at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, as part of Kids Central Live!, an all-day event for the young and young-at-heart. Featuring a one-and-a-half-hour show and an all-day outdoor carnival, Kids Central
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      IN GOD HE TRUSTS
      459 39  -  AMELYNN LIONG Brian Littrell from the Backstreet Boys fulfills his dream of releasing a solo Christian album a melynnl@newstoday.com.sg BRIAN Littrell from the Backstreet Boys has a side project that might have surprised some. Releasing his first solo Christian album Welcome Home, Littrell said the project
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      Lock icon Get a refreshing retail experience at That Boutique Bazaar
      328 39  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL PUT two ambitious girls together with a passion for shopping, mix in a conservation house with beautiful architecture, and you have what could be the shopping experience that will put Singapore on the world map. At least that's
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        221 40  -  David Chew CONCERTREVIEW 0 by The Vegetable Orchestra THEY attempted to play more than 10 pieces of music using raw vegetables ranging from aubergines to carrots. And if pleasing the crowd was the purpose of the performance, the 10-member Vegetable Orchestra from Austria did a wonderful job.
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        The four seasons, Chinese-Indian style
        189 40  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL INDIAN tablas will underscore classical Chinese instruments at the Jubilee Hall on Sunday. Part of the Singapore Arts Festival, Ghana Sangam which in Sanskrit means a conglomeration of musical forms was born after local flautist and composer Ghanavenothan Retnam and celebrated sheng
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        READERS WRITE
        50 40 What's your take on Singapore Idol, the Singapore Arts Festival or the Sudoku Plus puzzles? PLUS wants to know. Give your full name, address and phone number and email us at plus@newstoday.com.sg RYO LEONG (Senior channel branding and promotions manager, Network Programming Promotions Chinese Broadcast), MediaCorp TV WRI+ES:
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        161 40 WE REFER to Elsie Chan's letter, "Why no English titles?" (May 27 and 28). We understand that English subtitles are an integral part to our viewers' enjoyment of our dramas. As such, Channel U ensures all our prime time shows that air from 7pm to 11pm
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        86 40  -  KAREN GOHWRI+ES: THE Sudoku puzzles taken from Sudoku Genius that appear on weekdays are too tough. They need to be solved by trial and error now and take too much time to figure out After having to erase my attempts several times, I become discouraged. I
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      261 41 -AFP LONDON J X Rowling, who wrote the record-selling Harry Potter series, was named as the greatest living British author, beating weighty talents such as Salman Rushdie and playwright Harold Pinter. A poll by The Book Magazine collected three times
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      TOPOFTHECROP
      80 41 1. JK Rowling 2. Terry Pratchett 3. Lan McEwan 4. Salman Rushdie 5. Kazuo Ishiguro 6. Philip Pullman 7. Harold Pinter 8. Nick Hornby 9. A S Byatt 10. Jonathan Coe and John Le Carre 12. Doris Lessing 13. Alan Bennett 14. lain Banks 15. Muriel Spark 16. David
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        45 42  -  Ross Wallace This excellent black and white film about iconic broadcast journalist Edward R Murrow is paced much like a thriller, lightens things up with flashes of humour and creates a claustrophobic atmosphere not unlike that of a courtroom drama.—
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        RIDING ALONE FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES
        31 42  -  Jeanine Tan Zhang Yimou's latest work is a subdued and emotive film about a Japanese man's long journey in seeking reconciliation with his dying son.
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        OVER THE HEDGE
        33 42  -  Neil Humphreys Rather than being merely a cuddly movie about cute animals, the animated feature mocks both the selfish greed and suburban life in an intelligent, witty and entertaining way.
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        CARS
        30 42  -  Zul Othman This animated feature about, well, cars displays the qualities that define all Pixar movies: It is well made, stacked with eye-popping sights, abundant gags and inside iokes.—
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        36 42 JT The big-screen adaptation of Dan Brown's book is a standard thriller where the supposedly blasphemous allegations made in the source material come across as far-out theories put forth by wannabe academics.
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        Lock icon SHE'S THE MAN
        50 42 FC Once viewers get over the hedge of the silly premise of teen actress Amanda Bynes going incognito as a boy in high school. there are plenty of kicks to be had from this gender-bender romp. VA VA VROOM: Cars is well made and has abundant gags.
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        20 42 -FC This alien-life-form-takes-over-a-small-town scream-flick shows it's possible to spoof horror films without ending up with lame, limp, lifeless affairs.
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        25 42 -JT This idiosyncratic local film about people obsessed with arm- wrestling has enough joie de vivre and easy laughs to please comedy fans.
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        Lock icon X-MEN: THE LAST STAND
        43 42 -FC If it's wham-bam action that you want, then the final installment of the X-Men franchise has it by the truckloads, even though the script suffers from a rash of cheesy lines and themes that have become lip service.-
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        39 42 -FC More sound and fury, more music; but where it mattered most giving the story a new spin the director stuck a piece of tracing paper over the 1976 original and copied it faithfully, scene for scene.-
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        40 42 FC There are enough lovey-dovey moments here to keep the dating couples dreamy, enough comic lines to keep the script afloat in this Kwon Sang Woo vehicle, but like other K-offerings this year. Almost Love is almost forgettable.
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        32 42 -NH This Rob Schneider comedy about three nerds who form a baseball team sacrifices a potentially poignant storyline for the usual round of fart gags, homophobic set pieces and midget jokes.—
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        WE ARE FAMILY
        46 42  -  Elisa Chia As soon as the novelty of Alan Tarn hamming it up as the grandma, the father and the two brothers of Hacken Lee's girlfriend's character wears off, the audience is left with run of the mill jokes and a flimsy plot.-
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      316 42 ■AFP MONEY TALKS: The film has been pulled in line with a 'business decision. Chinese authorities pull Da Vinci Code from theatres SHANGHAI China has ordered the The Da Vinci Code, the controversial religious thriller that has smashed boxoffice records worldwide, pulled from its theatres. "They are
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      232 43 -AP NAMIBIA Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt made their first public appearance since their daughter's birth at a news conference, thanking Namibia for the government-assisted privacy they enjoyed. On their experience in the African country where Shiloh Nouvel was born May 27, Pitt said: "They've been
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      221 43  -  Jeanine Tan DVDREVIEW D by FILM: A silly satire on the vapid fashion industry, Zoolander tells the story of one Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller), a top supermodel he's VHl's three-time male model of the year whose star is shadowed by the arrival of a new male model with a
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      172 43  -  Trevor Tan DVDREVIEW D by I FILM: THIS Korean remake of T^j^jjl I novel and movie, in the Centre of the World, marks the silver screen debut of Korean serial drama queen Song Hye-Gyo as a high-school babe, Su Eun. She falls in love with a
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      78 37 i«mt I for you to fall in love with. From thrilling watarsports to idyllic mangrove tours and K|T n fe|fe'i > jfep'tr'7^ tT dp_t ijpli Ml^^ delectable cuisines to heavenly massages, "Ointan has something for everyone! E^B neAt H lfe k sbl ■1^ *I fCS^BiH Leave the city life behind
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      76 39 JH^^^^Z^^4@(^™""^S I Whether this is your first or tenth trip to Binian ■Resorts, there are still lots of things *^v —r-—^^^^SB for you to fall in love with. From thrilling watersports to Idyllic mangrove tours and BBtaiHiH^. nif \m« delectable cuisines to heavenly massages, Bintan has something for everyone! E£w
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      314 45 r B^K 'i. f^fc SUNDAY HIGHLIGHTS WAR ON SCIENCE Channel News Asia, 7.30pm Darwin's I s W i I theory I wrong? FILMART: CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS Arts Central, 9pm Judah Rosenthal is a highly successful ophthalmologist, beloved by his family, friends and colleagues. Famed for his charity work, Judah's being
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      633 47 Unlike before, today's admin staff need to be experts in their fields ADMINISTRATIVE staff have always been valuable assets to their employers. In today's fastpaced, hi-tech office environment, this group of people are performing even more essential roles than ever before. Today's admin professionals
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      689 48 YOOKwßHcnißlDbyWandaPerT^^^^^^^^ ARIES (Mar 21 -Apr 19) LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 23) HYour mental perception knows no bounds The search for truth and understanding will this week. Tune into a higher intellectual vi- *0^ keep you motivated and forever on your bration or consciousness where learning toes. Stay mentally alert and
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      Lock icon Mavs ride on the soaring Jet
      570 49 -AP Dallas' Jason Terry leads the way as stars struggle NBA FINALS GAME 1 Dallas 90 Miami 80 (Dallas lead series 1-0) DALLAS The stars struggled, and then they disappeared. Dirk Nowitzki, Shaquille O'Neal, Dwyane Wade three of the sport's best couldn't take control
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      371 49 -AFP PARIS OPEN Women's singles Final PARIS Svetlana Kuznetsova will face two-time winner Justine Henin-Hardenne in the French Open Final on Saturday but it could so easily have been her taking that record into the title match. For the last two years, the
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      221 49 -AFP PARIS -World No 1 Roger Federer advanced to the French Open final for the first time on Friday when Argentina's David Nalbandian retired injured with the Swiss player leading 3-6, 6-4, 5-2 in their semifinal tie. Federer, 24, will play either defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain
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      893 51  -  Lan De Cotta Once again, Silverstone fans put their faith in Button and Coulthard to end six-year drought FORMULA 1 British Grand Prix BRITISH fans are a loyal lot Even when the odds suggest their sports team does not have a whisker of a chance of winning,
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      214 52  -  CUBBYLEONG AFTER losing out to Malaysia in heartbreaking fashion last year, V Sundramoorthy's boys will get a chance to lift the Lion City Cup for the under-18s on Saturday when they face off against Hong Kong at the Jalan Besar Stadium at
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      537 52  -  CUBBYLEONG BADMINTON Aviva Open Singapore 2006 cubby@newstoday.com.sg THERE was no belated birthday present for Singapore's Ronald Susilo. On Friday, the home favourite lost to Denmark's world No 5 Peter Gade in the quarter-finals of the men's singles competition at the US$l7O,OOO ($271,000) Aviva Open Singapore 2006 at the
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      Lock icon Hassan saves the day
      232 52 NTUC INCOME-YEO'S SLEAGUE Geylang 1 AlbirexO ALBIREX Niigata's winless streak at the Jalan Besar Stadium continued on Friday, when Geylang United defeated the Japanese side 1-0 in an NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League encounter. But on this occasion, it was not the astro turf that proved to be
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      548 53  -  LI ZAI SHI Young Lions eagerto maintain fine run in knockout tournaments RHB SINGAPORE CUP Sporting Afrique v Young Lions ing Afrique. "It helped us mature as a team, as Cup games have a different feeling from league games and they can be more
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      535 53 SPORTING V YOUNG LIONS Yishun Stadium, tomorrow, 7.30pm Correct at press time. These are preliminary opening odds. Visit www.singaporepools.com.sg or any Singapore Pools outlet for current odds. AOS: Any Other Score IF YOU are one of those desperate fans who refuses to give up on
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      Who can 'do a Greece'
      848 54 MEXICO Qualification Finished level on points with the United States to get to their fourth consecutive World Cup. They have gone out in the second round of the previous three, but hope to do better this time after last year's Confederations Cup, where they beat
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        SELL YOUR HOUSE, BUYATICKET
        64 55 BLACK market ticket prices for England's opening match against Paraguay in Frankfurt on Saturday could reach more than 2,000 euros ($4,000) each. British police said that German ticket touts had been offering 1,400 euros for England match tickets to German residents who were likely to try
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        DOCTOR, MEDICO, DOUTOR OR ART
        74 55 IF FANS in Germany have one too many bratwursts while watching the World Cup in Berlin, chances are they'll not have any problems telling a local doctor where it hurts. The 6,300 private practice doctors in the German capital speak a combined 51 languages, including
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        DON'T GET FAT ON CAKE, BOYS
        129 55 THERE will be plenty of birthday cake during Argentina's World Cup run. Four Argentine players-forwards Lionel Messi and Hernan Crespo, midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme and goalkeeper Oscar Ustari have birthdays during the tournament. Messi and Riquelme share a birthday on June 24, turning 19
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        FAT RONALDO? OR STRONG?
        97 55 EVEN the Brazilian president is worried about whether Ronaldo (picture) is packing too many pounds for the World Cup. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke with a few members of the Brazil squad in a 30-minute video conference late Thursday night, giving suggestions to players
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        115 55 EVEN though Vietnam has never got close to qualifying for the World Cup, the state-run electricity supplier is promising to keep the grid up and running during World Cup matches so that football fans don't miss any games. Parts of both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
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      Lock icon Removing the 1974 stain
      545 55 -AGENCIES Holland determined to put the horror of their defeat to Germany firmly behind them GROUP C PREVIEW Holland v Serbia and Montenegro LEIPZIG If Holland clinch the World Cup this summer in Germany, will it mark the end of the age-old rivalry between the two
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      Lock icon GROUP B
      211 56  -  DAVID NGIAU ENGLAND v PARAGUAY Saturday 9pm Live on Ch27 ■probable i line-ups TEAM NEWS ENGLAND Robinson A Cole, Terry, Ferdinand, Neville J Cole, Gerrard, Lampard, Beckham Owen, Crouch PARAGUAY Villar Toledo, Gamarra, Caceres, Caniza Riveras, Paredes, Acuna, Bonet Valdez, Cuevas INJURIES Wayne Rooney, right foot SUSPENSIONS none
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      215 56 DN ■probable i line-ups j TRINIDAD TOBAGO v SWEDEN Saturday midnight Live on Ch27 TRINIDAD &TOBAGO Hislop Gray, Lawrence, Andrews, A John Birchall, Theobald, Edwards, Samuel Yorke, SJohn SWEDEN Alvbage Lucic, Mellberg, Alexandersson, Edman Ljungberg, Svensson, Linderoth, Wilhemsson Larsson, Ibrahimovic ■team I NEWS J INJURIES none SUSPENSIONS none
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      225 56 DN ARGENTINA v IVORY COAST Sunday 3am Live on Ch27 ■probable LINE-UPS ARGENTINA Abbondanzieri Sorin, Heinze, Ayala, Burdisso Mascherano, Rodriguez, Riquelme, Cambiasso Saviola, Crespo COSTARICA Tizie Boka, KToure, Meite, Eboue Akale, G Toure, Zokora, Yapi Yapo Drogba, Dindane TEAM NEWS INJURIES none SUSPENSIONS none INJURIES none SUSPENSIONS none
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      253 57 DN SERBIA MONTENEGRO v HOLLAND Sunday 9pm Live on Ch27 ■probable i line-ups SERBIA MONTENEGRO Jevric Gavrancic, Krstajic, Vidic, Dragutinovic Duljaj, Stankovic, Vukic, Ilic Kezman, Milosevic Holland van derSar van Bronckhorst, Kronkamp, Heitinga, Boulahrouz van Bommel, Cocu, van der Vaart Kuyt, Robben, van ■team I NEWS INJURIES none
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      259 57 -DN MEXICO v IRAN Sunday midnight Live on Ch27 ■probable i line-ups j MEXICO Corona Rodriguez, Osorio, Salcido, Marquez Lopez, Pardo, Perez, Morales Fonseca, Borgetti IRAN Mirzapour Kaebi, Golmohammadi, Rezaei, Nosrati Mahdavika, Nekounam, Zandi, Karimi Daei, Hashemian TEAM NEWS J INJURIES none SUSPENSIONS none INJURIES SattarZare (knee) Ferydoon
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      240 57 I ANGOLA v PORTUGAL Monday 3am Live on Ch27 ■probable line-ups j ANGOLA Ricardo Jamba, Jacinto, Kali, Abreu Mendonca, Andre, Figueiredo, Edson Akwa, Flavio PORTUGAL Baia Sequeira, Centeno, Gonzalez, Martinez Solis, Marin, Umana, Fonseca Wanchope, Gomez ■team I NEWS J INJURIES none SUSPENSIONS none I INJURIES none SUSPENSIONS
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      Lock icon Argentina's Messi-ve hOPe
      805 58  - Argentina's Messi-ve h O Pe Tan Yo-Hinn watch out for him WITH eight minutes left, Lionel Messi daintily evades a couple of leaden-footed challenges to set up a one-on-one situation with Miguel Angel Moya. The Real Mallorca goalkeeper looks to have his angles covered, but a deft flick with his
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      Lock icon Africans plan to ruin Argentine party again
      368 58 AGENCIES GROUP C PREVIEW Argentina v Ivory Coast NUREMBERG The Africans love to play World Cup spoilers. It's their party piece. And now the Ivory Coast are eager to join in the fun. The World Cup debutants are the latest African team who
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      Lock icon Oldies in golden duel
      513 59 -AGENCIES Creaking strikers Larsson and Yorke ready to prove they still belong in exalted company GROUP B PREVIEW Sweden v Trinidad Tobago DORTMUND Make no bones about it, both players are knocking on a bit. With one boot in retirement, these guys have been leading the
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      Lock icon Deco cloud hangs over Portugal camp
      295 59 -AGENCIES GROUP D PREVIEW Portugal v Angola MAEIENFELD No one has gone public, but there appears to be a problem in the Portuguese camp. Temperamental midfielder Deco left training on Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time) in a visibly angry mood, kicking out at chairs
      -AGENCIES  -  295 words
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      Lock icon Injuries nuke Iran's hopes
      308 59 -AFP GROUP D PREVIEW Iran v Mexico NUREMBERG Iran's World Cup campaign was dealt a serious blow with two players set to miss Sunday's (Monday morning, Singapore time) opening game with Mexico through injury and sickness. Left-back Sattar Zare twisted a right knee during Thursday's training
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      Lock icon Paraguay fear Becks and Robo-Crouch
      355 60 -AGENCIES OBERHACHING (Germany) While Paraguay believe they can open their World Cup campaign with a win, they live in fear of England's David Beckham and Peter Crouch. England's victories in their warm-up matches against Hungary and Jamaica were underpinned by the right-wing delivery of captain
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      Lock icon Reaching for greatness
      833 60 GROUP B PREVIEW England v Paraguay FRANKFURT The mood is selfevident. The light-hearted barbs are flying around the camp. The self-titled "big man" is back in town. The manager speaks confidently of taking the World Cup back to his former home for the first time since 1966.
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      Lock icon Fuming Fergie slammed phone on Eriksson, not happy with Rooney
      1070 61 —AGENCIES ARGENTINA V IVORY COAST SERBIA MONTENEGRO V HOLLAND Sunday3am, 'Live'on Ch27 Sunday9pm, 'Live'on Ch27 Correct at press time. These are preliminary opening odds. Visit www.singaporepools.com.sg or any Singapore Pools outlet for current odds. AOS: Any Other Score LONDON Manchester
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      474 62 —AFP 2.30 AM LATEST GROUPA Germany 4 Costa Rica 2 MUNICH If you are going to celebrate your birthday, then you might as well do it by scoring two goals for your country in front of a global TV audience of 1.5 billion people.
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      758 63  -  LEONARD THOMAS AFP Living the dream in Munich with Pele, Maradona and Xaver, as the world's greatest show kicks off HOW did it start, I don't know. Fleeting flashes go through the mind, a framed poster of England's Martin Peters in a cousin's room
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      206 63 \i 18TH WORLD CUP J REACHING FOR Beckham and Co confidentthey'll R gettheir hands on the trophy BU-bl Today's MATCH GUIDE All you need to know aboutthe weekend's six games 56-57 WHO CAN DO A GREECE'? The Today team pick out six underdogs who have an outside I chance of
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